子供の為に kodomo no tame ni For the Sake of the Children

For the sake of the children.

For the Sake of the Children 子供の為に kodomo no tame ni Vertical Block VB4C

For the Sake of the Children (子供の為に) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

For the Sake of the Children 子供の為に kodomo no tame ni Vertical Cursive VC4B

For the Sake of the Children (子供の為に) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

For the Sake of the Children 子供の為に kodomo no tame ni Vertical Design VD3B

For the Sake of the Children (子供の為に) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

For the Sake of the Children 子供の為に kodomo no tame ni Vertical Semi-Cursive VS3C

For the Sake of the Children 子供の為に kodomo no tame ni Horizontal Block HB4A

For the Sake of the Children 子供の為に kodomo no tame ni Horizontal Semi-Cursive HS4A

More about 子供の為に

子供の為に is a purpose with the verb left off, as in the English. 子供 kodomo is a child or the children, one or many. の為に no tame ni is for the sake of, with the older sense of benefit behind it. What one does for them is left to the reader. Japanese drops the possessor, so the line holds my children and our children at once.

The phrase has no author; in the medieval war tales it is a mother's reason with her sons' lives at stake, said by the Soga brothers' mother in the Soga monogatari (in print by 1627) and given to her again by Chikamatsu in 1718, and in English it is the title of Dennis Ogawa's 1978 history of the Japanese in Hawaii.

We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 子供の為に.

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For the Sake of the Children (kodomo no tame ni)

For the Sake of the Children in Japanese, 子供の為に (kodomo no tame ni), a hand-brushed hanging scroll by Master Calligrapher Eri Takase.

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For the Sake of the Children as a hand-brushed scroll

Master Takase personally brushes your scroll when you order, and it bears her red seal and her signature. The scroll has real silk borders and layered Japanese paper, so it hangs straight, and it arrives ready to display.